Florida bases prepare for Hurricane Frances

Air Force Link ^ | September 1, 2004

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Howlin]

What?

[Howlin]

It's a damn parade.

[danmar]

Man I do really feel sorry for those folks! TWO tornadoes in a month?! How much destruction can you take? GOD help you guys in Florida!

[Bones75]

Dont'cha mean hurricanes?

[blackie]

Florida is my prayers.

[Capt.YankeeMike]

I called Jax last week....(ole crusty sea captain) i called Jax!!!

The Capt.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

You are welcome.

Thank you for the encouragement! (^:

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

It's an executive decision...and why move the aircraft twice? Generally, if you are going to have to move aircraft inland, you fly them inland.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Stay safe everybody. My daughters' school is praying for you.

[lilypad]

Thank God that Jeb is our governor!!!

[Former Military Chick]

First I do not live in Florida, but, I see the need for a thread like this to help friends and family. It is nice to have a central place to meet up for what ever the reason or just to share your prayers.

My family survived Camille it was a while back, but, some did not heed the warnings and most know the consequences.

So, send this thread out, for news and prayers.

This interactive map will automatically plot the location of active storms.

Frances +links

[sweetiepiezer]

On this day in history:

In 1935, one of the worst hurricanes to hit the U.S.
mainland ripped through the Florida Keys, killing more
than 350 people.

[devolve]

I recall some bad tornadoes and hurricanes in South Florida.


You don't ignore raw power.


I cannot comprehend people that claim ignorance.


I have seen small concrete block homes that were only a slab with a kitchen table set for coffee after a twister.


Gators swept out Hillsboro Inlet into the Atlantic, sharks coming in near shore to chase fish, gators in our flooded pastures, coconut trees sailing thru the air like matchsticks.


Back a while the lake flooded and killed many Floridians.


Get out of targeted and close areas now - just go.


If you are in any area subject to any hurricne effects get into a large stout concrete building with well built roof trusses and tie-downs.


Homes in Florida are not built the way we once built them.


Run good safe water and store plenty up; have plenty of canned food that does not require cooking or preparation.


Make sure your vehicles gas tanks are full and park them in safe areas.


I've seen water rise fast in South Florida; don't get brave a try to play Jungle Cruise in your car or PU.


Make sure your neighbors are OK.


Be sure your cellphones, portable radios, and portable TVs have extra batteries.



Don't do stupid things and you will get thru this fine.




Not that I know anything about this stuff!



What is a "Hurricane Party" anyway?

[Luis Gonzalez]

"What is a "Hurricane Party" anyway?"

One where you drink so many of these, that you don't seem to notice the fact that your roof is missing, and you're getting soaking wet from the torrential rain...while standing in your living room.

Scale ingredients to servings

1 1/2 oz Myer's Dark Rum
1 1/2 oz Bacardi Light Rum
2 oz Orange Juice
2 oz Pineapple Juice
1 1/2 tsp Grenadine
1 oz Bacardi 151 Proof Rum
2 Cherries
1 Pineapple chunk
1 tsp Sugar

Pour dark rum, light rum, juices, and grenadine over ice into a pilsner/parfait glass. Add a half spoon of sugar, stir slightly, and top with high octane 151 rum and cherries/pineapple. Add an optional sugar cube, ignite and drink with a straw.

[devolve]

Very nice Luis!


I recall Yankee girls forcing me to try many various rum drinks at Jack Tar's in Grand Bahama.


Yeah, the typical poolside bar, the drink as you got off a your plane from Lauderdale, the native clubs we got local taxi drivers to take us to.


NY teachers and nurses that vacationed in South Florida often moved there permanently.


We used to say if God did not want people to have sports cars he would not have created South Florida - I recall putting the top up one or two days every year.


Up Boca way was a great beach spot; a high sandy hill road of A1A most cars could not climb; it went down to a terrific remote beach for From Here To Eternity prequels. That's what I was told.


I can taste Key Lime pie right now.....

[Luis Gonzalez]

"I can taste Key Lime pie right now..."

But only after tasting about a dozen or so stone crab claws at Joe's.

[devolve]

My father used to take our family to a lobster place in Lauderdale with an "all-u-can-eat" menu.

My older brother and my father and I would go thru lobster like it was going to be extinct tomorrow.

After a bit the lobsters got a bit smaller but it is incredible how many you can devour at one sitting.


South Florida was not a place, it was a way of life Yankees came down to taste but never really could.


Fresh coconut milk with the swing of a sharp machete.

[Former Military Chick]

Hard to say with so many threads if this is the best place to post this, but, I am anyway, the thread is still not so large we can still discuss and share prayers.

Here are some photo's I stumbled across while reading the KS Star.

Waves break over the Pompano Beach Pier as Hurricane Frances moves closer to the shore. CHARLES TRAINOR JR./MIAMI HERALD.

Nicole Archambault and Randy Mielnik walk against the wind on the beach at Lauderdale-by-the Sea as large waves break on the shore. CHARLES TRAINOR JR./MIAMI HERALD .

Hurricane Frances batters a mobile home park which sits on the Indian River in Jensen Beach. J. ALBERT DIAZ/MIAMI HERALD

Hurricane Frances batters a boat that broke away from its anchor on the Indian River at Jensen Beach. J. ALBERT DIAZ/MIAMI HERALD .

A car lies crushed by a fallen tree on SW 12th Avenue and W Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. CHARLES TRAINOR JR./MIAMI HERALD

Bill Engle, left, and Leo Folcarelli step out of their apartment to take a look at the damage done by Hurricane Frances while having a hurricane party in downtown Stuart. J. ALBERT DIAZ/MIAMI HERALD

A loose sailboat rams a working barge on the north side of the Royal Palm Bridge connecting West Palm Beach and Palm Beach. WALTER MICHOT/MIAMI HERALD

[Happy2BMe]

2 much trouble in Florida. Wonder if the property rates will go down?